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TOY LUNG TESTER. I

No. 590,229. Patented Sept. 21Q189'7.

NITED STATES PATENT OFmcE,

FREDERICK G. KOLLENBERG, OF OIVENSBOROUGH, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES J. SIVEENEY, OF SAME PLACE.

TQY LUNG-TESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,229, dated September 21, 1897.

A li ati n filed November 24,1896- Serial No. 613,320. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, FREDERICK G. KOLLEN- BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Owensborough, in the county of Daviess and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Lung- Testers; and I do hereby declare the follow- 'ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in mechanical toys, and has more particular relation to lung-exercisers.

I 5 The invention consists of certain novel con: structions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a device embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 represents a central vertical section through the same.

A in the drawings represents the casing;

B B, the jointed figures mounted upon the fighters mounted in proximity to and facing each other upon'the cover a. The arms 19 b of said figures are pivoted, as at Z), to the 40 body portions and extend slightly to the rear of said body portions. Cords or rods 19 connect said rearwardly-extending portions of the arms to the cranks a and thus when the said shaft 0 is rotated by the action of 5 the wheel the said rods or cords b are operated and cause the arms of the figures to be raised and lowered rapidly in a manner very similar to the actions of prize-fighters. The

mouthpiece D, which is preferably a section of rubber pipe, enters the casing A directly in front of the wheel 0, so that when said 1 mouthpiece is blown into the current of air entering the casing A will strike the wheel 0 below its axle, and thus cause its rotation, with a consequential movement of the figures.

I do not care to limit myself to a flexible pipe for forcing air into the casing, as any suitable mouthpiece may be employed, or a small bellows might be used with equal facility.

At the same time that this toy is amusing it accomplishes the additional purpose of testing the lungs of the child that uses it, and thus tends to strengthen the same by the greater actiy'ity caused in them'by use of the toy.

I also do not care to limit myself to'the representation of prize-fighters on the top of the casing A, as any movable figure may be so mounted and operated byits connection with the Wind-Wheel.

In order to allow the escape of the air from the casing, the bottom of the same is perforated below and slightly to the rear of the wheel 0, so that the current of air passing through the casing will be forced to take such a course that it will exactly strike the part of the wheel 0 below its axle.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that the air is compressed Within the casing, and the person operating the toy must therefore exert a'corresponding pressure with his lungs in order to cause the win dwh'eel to rotate;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a lung-exerciser, the combination with a closed casing having air-outlet perforations, of a mouthpiece for blowing air into said cas- 9o ing, a cover for said casing, pendent spaced brackets mounted on said cover, a shaft journaled in said brackets and having crankbends at each end, a wind-wheel mounted on saidshaft and adapted to be operated by the currents of'air passing into the casing through the mouthpiece, a plurality of jointed figures mounted upon the top of the cover, and flexible cords connecting the respective crankbends with the moving portions of said figures, whereby they are operated simultaneously upon the movement of the Wind-Wheel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribin g Witnesses.

FREDERICK G. KOLLENBERG. lVitnesses:

G. ELLIS OWEN,

EDWIN DYMOND AXTON. 

